This week:

• In a slideshow lecture that should accompany every presentation of the Al Gore “Inconvenient Truth” talk, Calgary journalist Andrew Nikiforuk presents a slideshow lecture on the surface and in sutu mining of the Athabasca tar sands, a project of paramount ecological importance in Canada.
• Out of range correspondant Ryan Wiseman speaks with the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) about their organization and pollution from hospitals.

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The headlines in brief:

• Summer weather woes are being reported from across the country, with severe conditions including heat alerts, humidex alerts, high UV readings, dry spells and smog warnings;
• Ottawa is distributing free indoor water efficiency kits to residents through the city’s Client Service Centres;
  New Brunswick has requested a feasibility report from Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. for a second nuclear reactor in the province;
• British Columbia is implementing new e-waste management and recycling regulations;
  The Toronto Star has uncovered major flaws in the federal ecoEnergy program for assessing the energy efficiency of homes;
• A new fund specializing specifically in investments in the Canadian tar sands has completed its IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange (OilSands Canada Corporation);
• A US federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction to stop logging in spotted owl habitat in four parcels of private land in Washington;
• A new rental bike scheme is turning Paris, France into a biking paradise;
• On Wednesday, China’s Meteorological Association blamed global warming for unusual weather this year;
• Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego say that clouds of pollution over South Asia are making climate change worse;
• Australian scientists released a study that says that laser printers in offices can have serious health consequences.

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